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Samsung Electronics forecasts quarterly operating profit of ~$13.2B in Q2, up 5% YoY, below analysts' estimates, amid reports of weak Galaxy S9 sales — Company expects operating profit of 14.8 trillion South Korean won; end of record-earnings streak — SEOUL—Samsung Electronics estimates … | Kaitlin Benz / CNET: |
Netflix to end users' ability to post new reviews July 30 and remove existing written reviews mid-August, will keep thumbs up and down system — Soon, it'll be a little harder for you to tell everyone what you thought of Marvel's The Avengers. — Netflix is removing a desktop-only feature …
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Ming-Chi Kuo report: 6.5" OLED iPhone should cost ~$1K and come in three colors; 6.1" LCD model should cost ~$700 and come in five colors including blue and red — Ming-Chi Kuo released a report today that ups his estimates for the new 2018 iPhone sales, as well as detailing a few changes to expect.
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Twitterrific says it's removing notifications and live streaming for new customers of iOS and macOS apps ahead of Twitter API changes starting around August 16 — Twitterrific is today announcing an update to both its iOS and macOS clients that will be removing certain functionality …
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Sources: Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction — Uber and Lyft each held talks to acquire Skedaddle, a startup that creates group bus rides by matching customers headed in the same direction, Axios has learned.| Tomi Kilgore / MarketWatch: |
Sonos files for an IPO, with plans to raise $100M, and reports a net loss of $14.2M on revenue of $992.5M in the year ending September 30, 2017 — Sonos Inc., the smart home sound system company, filed Friday to go public. The company has applied to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SONO.”
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Sources: Reddit will top $100M in revenue this year and has been pitching agencies with ad units including a “top post takeover” — - Reddit has been actively luring advertisers as it attempts to take advantage of its vast audience and to build its business.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Israeli indictment says an employee allegedly stole source code of NSO Group's powerful smartphone hacking tools before attempting to sell it for $50M — NSO sells its potent iPhone malware to governments, including Mexico and the United Arabs Emirates. But according to a newly released indictment …
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| Josh Horwitz / Quartz: |
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has reportedly backed 300+ companies via his VC firm Shunwei Capital and as an angel investor, while Xiaomi invested in 157 firms — India's top mobile browser. Hong Kong's Uber for logistics. China's second-largest bike-sharing service.| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting — The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Parliament votes against controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright reform proposals, meaning they will now be open for debate and amendments — A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has just voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Tinder is officially rolling out Loops, GIF-like two-second looping videos that users can add to their profiles, on iOS — If you're a dating app regular, you know that a photo only says so much about yourself. But do you really want to go to the trouble of recording a whole video for people …
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